Why not teach non-native English literature  

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Talib, Ismail bin Said

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: ELT Journal = English Language Teaching Journal (Full Text) vol. 46 no. 1 (Jan. 1992), page 51-55.
Fulltext: 1992.1.51.full.pdf (336.91KB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/ELT/46 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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Literary works chosen in ELT are often those written in native or standard varieties of English. This article suggest that in a country where a particular non-native variety of English is spoken, wider functions in ELT can be served by the use of a literary work written in that variety. Using the Singaporean writer Cantherine Lim's 'The Taximan's Story' as an example, I will explain that the integrative goal in language teaching, which involves the enchanment of the students' sociocultural awareness, sense of self-identity, and communiactive competence within the community they live in, is more easily achieved with a literary text written in a variety of English which the students understand or can empathize with, than with that written in a native or standard variety. I will briefly suggest that such texts can also be used for the betterment of the students' command of the standard language itself.

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